Profitability of dairy production and end product quality is closely related to the hygienic and chemical properties of the incoming raw materials. Implementation of milk payment schemes, which favours farmers who supply milk with the desired properties, is a very effective tool for gradual improvement of the raw milk quality.

Trade of milk and payment of farmers demand accurate and reliable results from approved analysers. Milk payment analysis are often performed in centralised milk testing labs - in some cases the same lab, which also perform the analysis of samples from single cows for Dairy Herd Improvement and herd recording purposes. FOSS therefore offer the same high-speed analysers optimised for mass analysis as mentioned under Dairy Herd Improvement & Farm Management.

Fossomatic™ FC and Fossomatic™ Minor provides the basis for reliable grading of producers milk according to somatic cell count. Bactoscan™ FC provides data for a similar grading based on bacterial count. Apart from measuring the valuable main constituents in milk such as fat, protein, casein, lactose, solids etc. MilkoScan™ FT+ also provide results for other quality parameters such as freezing point depression and free fatty acids.

For more information on how milk quality may be influenced through milk grading and payment incentives please click here.